SAN JOSE — A Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee was shot and killed Friday night in the parking lot of the VTA Chaboya Division bus station in San Jose, according to a VTA news release.
No arrests had been made as of Saturday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. In its X report, it said it would increase the presence of officers at the South Seventh Street bus station in San Jose.
The sheriff’s office’s transit patrol division provides security for the VTA. The VTA said it has increased security at all of its facilities.
According to the VTA, the shooting took place on Friday evening around 9:40 p.m.
The sheriff’s office said there was no ongoing threat to employees or the community. The VTA’s press release said it appeared to be an isolated incident.
In 2021, a disgruntled worker at the nearby Guadalupe Light Rail Yard on West Younger Avenue shot and killed nine coworkers before killing himself. Another worker who witnessed the shooting later died of an apparent suicide, according to a report from the California Public Utilities Commission.
The VTA said it made mental health officials available to employees and their families after Friday’s shooting.
Neither the sheriff’s office nor the VTA identified the victim. The VTA said it would not provide further details.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (408) 808-4500. Tips can be left anonymously at (408) 808-4431.
